Apparently he also escaped from a mental health facility and tried to smuggle weapons into his base. The latitude white males are given in this country continues to increase fatality to the rest of us

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/us/texas-shooting-church.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Edited November 7, 20178 yr by JaneAusten

Related to this thread, an article on mass shootings in the U.S. and why there is such a high rate and frequency compared to other nations-- the answer is very simple, the availability of guns.

 

"Americans make up about 4.4 percent of the global population but own 42 percent of the world’s guns. From 1966 to 2012, 31 percent of the gunmen in mass shootings worldwide were American, according to a 2015 study by Adam Lankford, a professor at the University of Alabama."

 

 

Cause these morons cling to their gun rights amendment which needs to be revised given it was written at a time when there were musket's, not assault weapons that could kill people in seconds

9 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Cause these morons cling to their gun rights amendment which needs to be revised given it was written at a time when there were musket's, not assault weapons that could kill people in seconds

 

Not to mention that the Second Amendment was created with the sole purpose of protection of your life and property if being threatened with bodily harm. People in politics today really need to brush up on this.

Another shooting, this time in Northern California, in the unincorporated community of Rancho Tehama.

The gunman was said to be trying to engage people in confrontations and shooting at will as he made his way to the elementary school, wounding two children and killing four adults (one of whom was a neighbor that he had a ongoing running dispute with).

 

Again, instead of even discussing common sense gun control laws, we are left with the media trying to focus on the mindset of the gunman (will this prevent the next mass shooting?) and how "lucky" the terrorized kids and surviving adults were that this wasn't worse. 

Really? 

Having to try to deal with the daily reality of not feeling safe anywhere is 'lucky'?

Anytime I hear about the "responsible gun owner", I immediately think about the enormous number of accidental shootings (especially involved unlocked/mishandled firearms) per year and the tragic results.

 

a guy accidentally shot himself & his wife in a church while discussing how to safely bring guns to church to avoid church shootings.https://t.co/y7uRaEJ4Fz

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) November 17, 2017